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| {{Infobox Newspaper | |||
| | name = Al Akhbar <br>الأخبار | |||
| | image = ] | |||
| | caption = The 25 June 2007 front page of<br>''Al Akhbar'' | |||
| | type = Daily newspaper | |||
| | format = ] | |||
| | foundation = 1938, new version 2006<ref name="al-akhbar.com"></ref> | |||
| | ceased publication = | |||
| | owners = | |||
| | publisher = Akhbar Beirut<ref name="al-akhbar.com"/> | |||
| | headquarters = ]<br>]<br>{{LBN}} | |||
| | website = | |||
| | price = LBP 1000 Monday-Saturday<BR> | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''Al Akhbar''''' ({{lang-ar|الأخبار}}, literally "''The News''") is a daily Arabic language newspaper published in ]. Recently, it also started an English version published on the Internet. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| The newspaper started printing and distribution in July 2006. It was established by Joseph Samaha and Ibrahim El Ameen. In December 2010, ''Al Akhbar'' received and published an advance copy of the ] by ], after which the newspaper's website was ].<ref> ], 9 December 2010</ref> | |||
| ==Orientation== | |||
| '']'' defines its political orientation to be affiliated to the general popular political stream working for independence, freedom, ], anti-occupation and social justice in ] and around the world.<ref>http://al-akhbar.com/ar/node/817</ref> The paper has published articles involving ] and ].<ref> Al Akhbar, 8 March 2010</ref><ref> Al Akhbar, 20 June 2009</ref> | |||
| Ibrahim al Amine, editorial chairman of ''Al Akhbar'', says the paper is intended for “the U.S. ambassador to wake up in the morning, read it and get upset.”<ref> ], 28 December 2010</ref> | |||
| The Western media variously classifies the paper from "Hezbollah’s newspaper"<ref></ref> to "]". American sources claim it is close to Hezbollah.<ref name=memri06>{{cite web|title=Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War (3)|url=http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1795.htm|publisher=MEMRI|accessdate=16 June 2012|format=Inquiry and Analysis Series Report No.302|date=23 November 2006}}</ref><ref name=cory>{{cite journal|last=ELLIS|first=CORY|coauthors=MATTHEW GUCKENBERG|title=IN THE NAME OF MUQAWAMA: THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HEZBOLLAH’S SUPPORT FOR THE ASSAD REGIME|journal=THE INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES|year=2012|url=http://www.gwu.edu/~imes/assets/docs/Capstone%20Papers%20-%202012/Ellis,%20Guckenberg.pdf|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> | |||
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